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Pc Rathband was found dead at his home on Wednesday, February 29 after the alarm had been raised following a number of worrying messages on Twitter.

He had posted a series of troubled tweets after returning from visiting his brother in Australia.

The father-of-two had been coping with losing his sight in 2010, when he was shot by Raoul Moat, who was on the run after firing at his former girlfriend Samantha Stobbart and killing her new boyfriend.

Pc Rathband had told in interviews of his difficulty adapting to being blind while he had also announced his separation from his wife Kath on Twitter.

His family said last week he committed suicide because he had "run out of energy".

His twin Darren told The Sun: "It's heartbreaking he made this decision. But at least it was his decision. We've got to accept it."